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17. Sartor Resartus c 1890 Thomas Carlyle Decorative Gilt Antique Book1 Available • Fair
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Beautiful Book w Wear as seen Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus is a satirical philosophical novel presented through the framing device of an English editor examining the chaotic writings of German professor Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. At its core is the eccentric "Philosophy of Clothes," which argues that human institutions, religion, and society are merely outward "vestures" or garments masking underlying spiritual truths. The narrative traces Teufelsdröckh's spiritual autobiography from existential despair and the "Everlasting No" to a transcendent awakening of duty and action known as the "Everlasting Yea," blending Victorian idealism with sharp social critique.

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